žyto

See also: żyto

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Semantically narrowed from original meaning ‘grain’, from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geit-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeHi-to-.

The same semantic narrowing from ‘grain’ to ‘rye’ happened with Polish żyto, Kashubian żëto, Czech žito, Belarusian жы́та (žýta), and Ukrainian жи́то (žýto).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɨtɔ/

Noun

žyto n (diminutive žytko)

  1. rye
  2. (obsolete) grain

Declension

Declension of žyto
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative žyto žyśe žyta
Genitive žyta žytowu žytow
Dative žytoju, žytu žytoma žytam
Accusative žyto žyśe žyta
Instrumental žytom žytoma žytami
Locative žyśe žytoma žytach

Synonyms

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